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SEGA’s classic Streets of Rage series is seeing a revival with Streets of Rage 4, Lizardcube, Guard Crush Games and Dotemu have announced. A release date and platforms have not been confirmed as of yet.

Typically we hold off on news about brand new titles unless we receive confirmation about it being bound for a Nintendo system. However, given the companies involved here, we do believe a Switch release will happen. This game comes from Dotemu and Lizardcube – the publisher and developer of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap respectively. Considering how well that title did on the eShop, it seems certain that Streets of Rage 4 will be on Switch.

During the German program Game Two, new information was shared about the success of two prominent indie games on Switch. Those are SteamWorld Dig 2 and Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap.

Image & Form’s Brjann Sigurgeirsson didn’t share any specific data for SteamWorld Dig 2. However, he did say that the studio had its biggest launch on Switch. The Switch version sold nearly ten times the amount as the Steam version.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap is another game that has done very well on Switch. According to Lizardcube’s Omar Cornut, 100,000 copies have been sold on Nintendo’s console. Moreover, Switch sales have surpassed the total from all other platforms.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap is on sale for the first time. Starting today, the game is 30 percent off from the original $19.99 price on the North American and European Switch eShops. The sale lasts until November 30.

Last week, Nicalis announced that a physical version of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap will be released in North America towards the start of next week. We can also now say that the same package will be offered in Europe and Australia.

Headup Games will be responsible for the retail release of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap in PAL regions. Just like in North America, it’s planned for Q1 2018.

Lizardcube, who developed Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap, shared today’s news on Twitter:

Happy Monday! The Switch+PS4 retail version of Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap announced for the USA by @nicalis last week will _also_ be available in Europe + Australia in Q1 2018, thanks to their European partner @HeadupGames ! pic.twitter.com/1kgQAiRQz5

Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap is only available digitally on Switch. That’s about to change though, in one country at least.

Active Boeki K.K., the distributor of Nintendo products in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, will be selling a physical version of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap in both regions. English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean will be supported.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap will be sold for roughly $35. It’s going on sale beginning November 23. If retailers like Play-Asia take pre-orders, we’ll let you know.